A smile flashed in Qiao Xin's eyes. Although these people had many shortcomings, they were all working hard to make the tribe better, caring about the tribe and considering themselves as part of the tribe.

Everyone is working hard to grow and make life better.

Lang Rui cleared his throat, ignoring Qiao Xin's burning gaze as he looked at Yan, "Does anyone have anything to add? Does anyone have a different opinion?"

Mao Fei raised his hand, "Our territory is very large, we can settle them here to live, we give them shelter, and then they pay tribute to us, which can generate income for Black Stone City." You don't know until a war breaks out, but once a war breaks out, you will realize that the supplies collected during normal times are not enough.

It would be great if someone else offered tribute to us!

This is what the jackals in Blackrock City did in the past, and even worse, they directly wiped out the entire clan and robbed people and property.

This kind of wealth comes so quickly, but the current Black Rock City is different from the Black Rock City managed by the Jackals. We cannot burn, kill, and loot, but we can find another way.

Qiao Xin knew that Mao Fei was smart, but she didn't expect him to be so smart.

Surprisingly, his idea was similar to Lang Rui's, and they came to the same conclusion, except that one thought of defense, while the other thought of collecting taxes.

Lang Rui said: "What do you think?"

Now everyone felt that what Mao Fei said made sense and discussed it quietly.

After they discussed for more than ten minutes and the voices gradually died down, Lang Rui stood up and pulled open the map that had been covered by the cloth.

When everyone saw the map, they were stunned again, especially some captains of the patrol teams. They had measured the land with their feet and knew exactly where the hills and rivers were, and now they were all marked on the map.

In the past, they only knew that the territory was very large and it would take a long time to patrol it, but they did not have a more intuitive awareness. Now, after seeing this map and the dot on the map marking Black Rock City, everyone instantly understood how big their territory was.

Lang Rui pointed his slender finger at the dot of Black Stone City, "This is Black Stone City, where we are."

Then he picked up some small red paper flags and inserted them into a circle. "This is the territory of Black Rock City."

Then he marked out the Tianshe Tribe, Qinhe Tribe, Qatar Plain, Great Wilderness, Hurricane Plain, and Liangxi City where Lang Rui and Qiao Xin had been.

Everyone then realized that they had misunderstood and had included other places in the territory of Black Rock City.

"The Great Witch said that our territory is all black soil, which can grow countless crops. There will be more and more enemies coveting our territory. They also want to snatch the planting technology from us and take it for themselves, but they don't want orcs like us. If our territory is occupied, we will definitely be killed or become slaves.

Many of you were once slaves and understand the consequences of losing our territory and being defeated, so we need more people to protect our territory. We alone are not enough."

Everyone listened very carefully, and many people even touched the conspicuous slave marks on their bodies. No one wanted to go back to the past.

"Mao Fei is right. If we allow more people to live in our territory and let them pay tribute, we can also get more food. But this is not called tribute. It should be called taxation like we do. All the food and materials paid are taken from the people and used for the people.

We can let these people build villages and towns one after another in our territory, divide our territory into small pieces, and let them patrol. This will greatly reduce our patrol tasks and strengthen the role of patrol. As long as someone enters our territory, we can find it in time and quickly report it by means of beacon fire. "

After listening to Lang Rui's words, everyone fell into deep thought. It seemed that this idea might be feasible.

But how to ensure the loyalty of these people?

Everyone thought of themselves and put themselves in their shoes. When they first joined, they were not as loyal as they are now. Many of them were even in constant fear. However, they were given food and survived the most difficult winter. In the first winter, no one starved to death, and no one froze to death. In the spring of the second year, they were full of energy. They not only cultivated the tribe's land, but also reclaimed wasteland on their own. No one would think of betraying the tribe. Only a fool would think of leaving such a good shelter.

"So where do we build the village?"

"When we build a village, we also need to build houses for them to ensure they are safe to live in!"

"That's for sure. We also need to teach them how to farm. After the summer harvest, we'll soon start the autumn ploughing season. If they don't have the wood element, they can only grow some short-maturing crops."

......

The topics discussed ranged from driving these people away, to building houses, teaching planting, education issues, and medical insurance...

Lang Rui also returned to his seat and discussed in a low voice with Qiao Xin and Lu Yao.

"Where do you plan to build these villages?" Lu Yao asked.

Lang Rui replied: "At the location of every half sunset, we will find a suitable location based on the surrounding terrain."

Qiao Xin nodded in agreement. "It also depends on the size of the village. If the population is small, we can go to some places with less arable land, or to forest land. Our current planting is mainly grain, which is too single. In the future, we can develop animal husbandry or fruit industry in some forest land. For places with a large population, we can build a small town. The village will be under the management of the town, and the town will be under the management of Blackstone City."

The distance was only half a sunset, Lu Yao was shocked. Generally, the minimum territory of a tribe was three sunsets. Wasn't this too close?

Lang Rui: "The Rabbit Tribe likes to live in the gentle hills, which is just right for the junction of our territory and the Qatar Plain. There is a small river there that can also meet the needs of planting. It happens to be the place where traveling merchants like to pass by the most. We can build a commercial town and mainly use it as a place to stay and open hotels and other service industries.

The Grizzlies live in the mountains halfway up the sunset from the Lili Rabbits. They can hunt in Qatar and help each other with the Lili Rabbits to ensure they are not bullied. "

After talking about these two tribes, Lang Rui stopped.

Lu Yao: "Where are the Silver Moon Wolves?"

Lang Rui glanced at Qiao Xin and pointed to a small plain next to the Great Wilderness, "Is this place okay?"

This plain is not really a plain, it can only be said to be a valley, a narrow strip of land with steep mountains on both sides. The prey in this small plain is not enough to feed an entire tribe.

Qiao Xin frowned, "You don't have to worry about people thinking you're biased by choosing such a terrible place." This place is close to the Great Wilderness, and there's a plague going on in the Great Wilderness. The prey in the small plains would have probably died long ago. The conditions are truly harsh.

Moreover, it is extremely far away from Black Rock City, already beyond fifteen sunsets, and is not within the territory of Black Rock City at all.

Lang Rui did consider this aspect, but he also considered another aspect, "All the troops heading north have to pass through the Great Wilderness. I want them to guard this throat fortress."

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